Vehicle-wheel.



B. B. MOSS. VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION I'ILED JULY 21, 1910.

' Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

A TTORNE'Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BEBTIE B. MOSS, OF SALEM, INDIANA, ASSIG-NOR 0F ONE-FOURTH T0 GUS SIMS AND ONE-FOURTH TO JOSEPH LEN'NES, BOTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 19] 2 Application filed July 21, 1910. Serial No. 572,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTIE B. Moss, 2. citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, .in the county of Washi'ngton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked theromwhich form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to pneumatic tired wheels and has reference more particularly to wheels that are adapted to permit pneumatic tires that comprise an inner tube and a casing .to be quickly removed from the wheel or placed thereon. I

The object of the invention is to provide an improved automobile or similar vehicle wheel that will be adapted to securely hold pneumatic or other tires thereon, and permit the tires to be quickly removed for repairs, or permit of the release of one side of the tire casing so that the inner tube may be accessible in order to repairpunctures; another object being to provide a vehicle wheel that willv permit of quick changes of tires and of such construction that the removable parts will not be liable to stick fast tothe extent of rendering it diflicult to change the tires, a still further object bing to provide a wheel of the above-mentioned character that will be, adapted to be constructed at relatively small cost and be reliable, durable and economical in use, and especially adapted to permit of changing tires without requiring special tools in so doing.

'The invention consists essentially in a Wheel comprising a metallic rim member having two flanges or ribs or the equivalent thereof on its periphery, two oppositely disposed clencher rings of larger diameterithan the rim member adapted to have a tire casing connected thereto, and two sectional filling rings having grooves therein to receive the flanges or ribs and laced between the rim member and the c encher rings, the filling rings being held in place partly-by means of the grooves and the flanges or ribs and partlyby the-clencher rings, the filling rings being locked to the rim memberv and retaining the clencher rings in the required positions for retaining the pneumatic tire.

' Theinvention consists also in certain novel parts, and in the combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the outer side of the improved wheel and a pneumatic tire thereon; Fig. 2, a fragmentary transverse sectional view on the line A A in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation i the main sections of the filling ring; Fig.

10, a fragmentary view of the wheel, especially the folly; and Fig. 11, a perspective view of one of the sections of either filling rin adapted to be used adjacent to the inflating nipple of,-the tire.

Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings indicate corresponding elements or features of construction therein referred to.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the hub; 2, the spokes; and 3, the felly proper of the wheel which may be constructed in. any well known or desired manner as to details, and the felly being preferably of wood is provided with a metallic rim memher 4. The rim member 4 is continuous and constitutes an essential part of the invention,

the two opposite edge portions thereof hav ing each a flange or rib thereon, the flange or rib 5 that is on the inner side of thewheel being preferably continuous, and the flange or rib 6 on the outer side of the wheel having a gap 7 therein. The member 4 has a bolt hole 8 therein in the plane betweenthe ends of the rib 6, and the opposite portion of the member 4 has an aperture 9 therein registering with an aperture 10 in the felly 3 toreceive the inflating nipple of the tire. The member 4 is broader than the felly. so that the bolt-hole 8 is accessible at the outer side of the folly.

Two identical clencher rings 11 and 11 are provided that are continuous and of suitable width to afford a substantial seat for afprotcting band 18 between the edges of I section 20 being'taperlng so as to perform ing beenlocked in pbsition.

5 rin in thR each has a recessed corner 24c 5 the sections 20) anda key section 25 which '55 which is inserted a cap-screw 27 which se- .65 the sections may be moved freely between the tire casing. The outer portions 12 and 1 2 are greater in diameter than the innerportions 13 and 13 of the rings respectively, so that each ring is conical and extends about the rim member 4, being suificiently large to pass over the flanges or ribs thereon. The clencher rings have rolled-over flanges 14 and 14" respectively adapted to be engaged by the ribs -15 and 15 on the edges 10 of the tire-casing 16' which retains the inner tube 17, and it will be'understood that the flanges 141' and 14 may be made of any suit able'contour to correspond to such tire casin'g'as may-be preferred, there being usually the' tire casing and against the outer side of the inner tube,the latter having an infiatingnipple' 19. Two sectional filling rings are inserted between'the rim member 4 and 20 the'clen'cher rings, the sectional ring at the ilnnerside of' the wheel being composed of a suitable number-of identical sections 20, each section being concavo-convex, so as to v,conform to the curvature of the periphery of the member 4 and the inner side of the clencher ring 11, and the inner side of each section 20 has a groove 21 therein to receive the flange 5. p Tho'clencher ring 11 may be placed approximately on the middle portion of the member ,4 and then the sections 20 may be placed in position, after which the ring 11 -is-moved outward until it becomes wedged -tightlyon the sectional filling ring, each the function of a wedge, the outer end portion of which that has the groove therein being the thicker portion. The ring 11, ordinarily need notbe disarranged after hav- Two of the sections 22 and 22 whiclr are intended to be placed at the inflating nipple age slightly modified" as are also .two sections 2 and 23 of the opposite sectional filli ng or 4 to afford clearance for the inflating nipple. Besides the sections 23 and 23 the forward sectional filling ring is composed of main sections 20 (which are exactly like is inserted through the gap 7 after the other sections are placed in position and secured in any suitable manner, the section 25 preferably having a threaded hole 26 therein in cures the section 25 to the member 4 and locks the remaining sections, so that they can not move along the periphery of the member 4. The section 25 is wedge shaped 0 and substantially like the main sections but need not have the groove 21 therein. When inserting the sections it will be understood of course, that'the ring 11 is moved inward slightly toward the opposite ring 11, so that the member 4 and the ring 11, and then the ring 11 should be moved outward until it binds tightly against the segments of the filling ring. It will be understood, of course, that the tire and its casing should be placed in position before the sectional filling ring at the front of the wheelis placed in position between the ring 11 and the member l.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when the tire is inflated the air pressure will tend to spread the tire and necessarily must force the clencher rings 11 and 11 apart, and the greater the pressure of air the tlghter the clencher rings will become seated on the sectional filling rings.

It should be understood that if desired the sectional filling ring in the clencher ring 11 may be constructed with a key section as is the outer or forward filling ring in the ring 11 'It should be understood further that the sectional filling rings are preferably of suflicient width so as to be in contact at the middle plane of the wheel in order to form a seat for the pneumatic tire, but obviouslymight-be somewhat shorter if desired, and it" is apparent also that grooves would be .eqiivalent to the flanges or ribs 5. and 6, and ti s to enter the groove would be e uivalent to the grooves 21 in the segments 0 the fillingrings, :the preferred construction, however, belng such as s ecifi'cally described.

In'practical use w en necessary to remove a tire or to uncover the inner tube in order to mend it, the tire is first deflated partially, if not entirely so through a uncture, and after removing the screw 27 t e key 25 is withdrawn and then the wheel is turned so that the gap 7 is lowermost, and the ring 11 is pushed over slightly toward the 0 pcsite ring 11 after which the sections 0 the filling ring are moved from opposite sides of the inflating nipple and removed through the gap 7 after which the clencher ring 11 -isireely-movedpircr the flange 6, so that the outer portion of the tire .caslng is released. When necessary to remove the tire entirely it will be apparent that it may be drawn forward until entirely removed In order to replace the tire or place a new one on the wheel it may be readily slipped over the ring 11, and then the ring 11" may be placed in position, after which the sections 25 and 23 are first placed-in position followed by the other sections, and then the key section 25 is inserted and secured in position.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new, is-

In a vehicle wheel, the combination of a continuous annular rim member having a continuous external flange on one edge and an external flange that has a gap therein on the opposite edge thereof, the member having an aperture and also a bolt hole therein in a plane between the ends of the flange that has the gap, two counterpart rings extending about said rim member and said flanges with their inner edges spaced apart, said edges being beveled and oppositely arranged,

the inner portions of said rings being less in diameter than the outer portions thereof,

sections interposed between said member and,-

the remaining one of said counterpart rings, each excepting one of said last described sections having a transverse groove receiving a portion of said flange that has the gap, said excepted one of said sections being devoid of the groove and having a-threaded bolt hole therein, each one of said sections being Wedge-shaped and arranged with the thinner ends innermost, the thinner ends of the second described sections being adjacent to the thinner ends of the first described sections, four adjacent corners of the thinner ends of four of said sections respectively being recessed at said aperture, each of said sections being slightly less in Width than'the gap in said flange, said section that has the bolt hole normally extending into said gap,

and a threaded bolt Oured in said bolt holes. a

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature .in presence of two Witnesses.

t v BERTIE B. MOSS Witnesses:

E. T. SILvIUs, K. R. WODDELL. 

